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Most of the world’s problems this time of year can be traced to not enough sticky on sticky buns.

With the holidays here and baking kicking into high gear, it’s time to get the word out to kitchen mavens everywhere to once and for all stop being miserly when it comes to sauces, frostings, drizzlings and any other kind of toppings on foods that gladden the heart of man on these cold, dark winter days.

Vice President Mike Pence’s obsequiousness at a recent Cabinet meeting -— “Thank you for seeing through the course of this year an agenda that is truly restoring this country ... “ and on, and on — might be appropriate at a Communist Party Central Committee meeting, or at a despot’s birthday party. But it is not the language of any self-respecting republic.

Collective groans greeted the New York subway system’s decision to stop referring to passengers as “ladies and gentlemen.” In olden days, which now date to last month, subway conductors would include these words in public announcements. For example: “Ladies and gentlemen, please watch your personal belongings.”

DEAR ABBY: I am estranged from my sister, whom I love dearly. The reason goes back many years. When I was 13, her husband got me drunk and molested me. While I never forgot, I did repress it — possibly due to my age.

The rash of vandalism and other crimes in recent months in Miles City have police concerned that there is more involved than a few individuals venting their anger or picking up some easy money and excitement. Police Chief Wade Schmidt said, “The rumor we’ve been hearing is you have to go out and commit a certain amount of criminal activity (an an initiation.)”

DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Karen,” loves to sing karaoke along with many others, most of whom are vocally challenged. Listening to some of them can be grueling when we go out. Karen knows many of these “performers,” and when they finish, she goes and tells them what a great job they’ve done. When I asked her why she gives the false compliments, she said, “I don’t want to hurt their feelings.”